Combination-tool



(No-ModeUi C.- H. BARR.

- COMBINATION TOOL.- No. 288,397.. Patented Nov. 13, 1883.

ly showing the tool UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE.

CHARLES H. BARB, or PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINATION-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming .part of Letters Patent No; 288,397, datedNovember 13, 1883.

Application filed June 27, 1883.

tion-Tools; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear,and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilledin the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, in whichm Figures 1 and 2 are elevations respectiveinclosed and open position. j I

This invention relates to the construction of a combination-tool which,while adapted gen erally for various purposes, is especially de signedfor usein erecting wire fences.

The invention consists in the construction bedded inone of the parts incasting the same. The portions d e are handles for the tool, and handle6 is formed with a hole, f, to

I being adapted to receive a wire.

receive a. ring, 9. Part A, beneath pin 0. is formed with the eccentrich, and below thisthe part B has a flange, c, the space between h andiUpon closing. the handles the eccentric h binds with greatpressure uponthe wire and gives agrip for stretching the same. Such grip isstrengthened by the strain on the wire, which tends to draw theeccentric into closer contact with the wire.

and B are formed with the cutting or shearing edges n, as shown, closeto the pivot-pin 0, so as to have great power for cutting. In each (Nomodel.)

of the jaws k l is formed a transverse groove, 19, whose purpose is togrip a wire for bending and shaping. I p

The whole device, except pin a and ring 9, is of cast-steel, and aftercasting nothing is required except to grind up the meeting facesslightly to make a fit and to bore out one of the parts to receive pin0, and then rivet up the pin. Any desired tempermaybe given the cuttingand nippingparts.

The object of the ring 9 is to enable the ap- I plication to be. made ofa lever or crowbar in erecting fences. I The lever is passed through thering after the fencing-wire is in the grip of the eccentric h '5, andfulcrumed either on the ground or back of the fence-post, and thus theWire may be stretched to any degree of tautness. I

The whole tool is simple and very cheap. While designed especially forwire-fence construction, it becomes a convenient tool for va riouspurposes about a farm, and can be used for cutting wire, &c., and aspinchers or nippers. I V

I claim as my invention.

1. The combination-tool composed of the two parts A B, pivoted at 0,part A having convex surface h and jaw 70, and part B having flange iand jaw Z, and each jaw provided with a shearing-edge, n, substantiallyas described. L

2. The combination-tool composed of the two parts A B, pivoted at 0,part A having convex surface h and jaw is, and part B having flange i,jaw Z, and ring 9, and each of said jaws provided with a shearing-edge,a, sub stantially as described. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. BARB.

Witnesses:

D. E. DAVIS, THOMAS J. PATTERSON.

